Wooden sole for shoes



March 6, 1945. R. M. 1.. ISSALY I 2,370,963

WOODEN SOLE FOR SHOES I Filed Nov. 9, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig. 4 E932 III March 6, 1945. R. M. L. ISSALY WOODEN SOLE FOR SHOE Filed Nov. 9, 194g 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 f-lllglssaljf 37/414504 M 5.

Patented Mar. 6, 1945 2 ,370,963- woonensom FOR shorts RaoulrMarcel Lament Issaly;.LazTronche,.France; vested in the Alien Property Custodian Application" November 9, 1942', Serial1No."465,914"4 l'n France June ZQ 1941 I um toms-47s) a i r t .can beplacedbetween the heating platesof a At the present day wood is currently'used for manufacturing the soles or shoes. Owing to the lack offl'exibilityof this material, it hasbeenproposed to use wooden" soles in which a certainamount of flexibility was obtained by providing said soles with hinges and/or springs; or by forming notches in the wooden board' constituting the sole. But these" arrangementshave serious. inconveniences; in particular they weaken the sole: which might easily break: they donot take into account that the=woodTsweIlsunder the action of; dampness which may 'result-fn an on: permissible distortion ofthe: shoe:- finally they provide soles which are'not watertight and whfch, for this. reason, must be mountedan insole, made either of leather orrother similar material. The invention; has for its object'- a; wooden sole for shoes which is watertight andhasall the desired propertiesmot fleicthility,'hut: does not-offer the above-mentioned'mconrenieneesu Said soles are constituted: by wooden: treads or cleats parallel to each other; at rightan'gles to the longitudinal axis otthe sole and' stuck orra supporting plate made. of flexible and waterproof material such as, -for instance, a' composition mainly made of rubber or oi maturation synthetic resins.

According. to another feature; the wooden treads are suitably spaced; apart: for allowing wooden treads and completely passing through The invention has: also for its objects. method for: manufacturing the soles such as; above dc"- scribed and which. consists inutilising as support, a-plate formed of a. compositionmainly made oi rubber or of natural-101" synthetic resins and in applying, said plate: on; the wooden elements-by simultaneous. pressure and vulcanization by means ofahot-press. v For obtaining the final sole; according-ta t- ;e invention,- the: supporting plate can becut'out'to the desired shape and. dimensionnitcanibeplaced in a mould, wooden treads. previously outta-the required dimensions can then be arranged on said support parallel: to each other. by interposing between them. spacing; members of the: same height. and length constituted-farinstance; by metalstrips made of soft steel, the widthzof which is; equal .to that; of the spacewhlclris to:be= mam;- talned between the wooden trearlm then after having. closed; the: mould with: cover; the whole .vulcanizing press ofany known type. v

According to another preferred embodiment of the invention use is made'of a largejwooden board, rectangular for instance, the thickness-of which. is that of treadsy'on said'board is stuck by' vulcanization. under pressure a supporting plate of the same.dirriensi'ons; in the wooden board are cut,by means of a suitable tool such asacircular saw; parallelfgi'ooves of the required width and penetrating to the supporting layer; then, in the" compound and flexibleplate thusootained, final soles are out to therequired shapes and dimensions.

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Fig. 4 isaplan view of asole according to'the invention provided with protecting blocks;

Fig; 5 is" a section made according to lineV-V ofFi'ga 41- r Fig; 6 1s a plan' View of'a; compound plate ob?- tain'edby the method according to the invention; Fig. '7 is: a section according to line ot'Ffe. 6'.

Referring to the drawings, the sole illustrated inFi'gS. I toB is composed of a supporting plate I made either' of a composition mainly made ofrub berorof natural or synthetic resins; or of fabric waterproofed" by impregnation with rubber 1 or resin, about 225 mm. thick and on which'are stuck the wooden treads 2, which are about 10 wide-,Tfmm. thick andspaced apart tofo'r'm grooves 3 'a'bou't '1 mm. wide; The rods 2 have difleren-t widths-"according" to their location on the sole; those atthetipand at the heel being wider, so as to reinforce thesepa-rts ofthe sole It willbe seen that this wooden sole is water'- proof, it has iri the" longitudinal directiongthe flexibility of the-' support"? and the latter can serve as insole iorQthe assemblage ofthe shoe which-is thus greatly simplified; The spac'e'3 left Between the-rods 2' allows the latter-to swell under the action of dampness without producing the distortion of the sole and ofthe-shoe onwhiohit is secured;

The assemblage on the-shoecan be eilected by stitching-stickingor-naili-ng. Said sole can also be mounted by milling its edges onthe tread side at M and by securing" on them-filed part" a welt In theaccompanying' drawings; given by way of I example, y

can View of a sole" according to the made of leather or rubber which protects the edges of the/wooden elements 2 and allows the resisting material such for instance as rubber or plasticized polyvinyl chloride. Said blocks 5 which completely pass through the rods 2 in holes provided for that purpose can form part of the support I or be stuck thereon. Owing to this arrangement the sole wears uniformly and much less rapidly, the protecting material being present until it is completely worn out.

For manufacturing soles such as those above described, the following method can be adopted: In a mould of suitable shape is arranged a plate having the shape of the final sole and of a com: position mainly made of rubber or of resins; on

said support are arranged the wooden elements parallel to each other and at right angles to the longitudinal axis and between each two succes-' sive elements is interposed ametal strip made of fectly to the support and that a sole is obtained such as that illustrated in Figs. 1- to 3.

The following method might also be adopted: Instead of using a mold of small dimensions having the shape of the sole, use is made of a mould of large dimensions and of simple shape; for instance a rectangular mould and in said mould is arranged a supporting plate 6 of the same shape on which are placed rectangular wooden treads I the length of which is equal to one of the dimensions of the mould and of the support and also be immediately obtained; the sole having been cut out to the required shape in a wooden board and the support of the same shapehaving been stuck, parallel grooves are cut in the wooden sole by means of a circular saw.

For obtaining a sole such as that which is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, use can be made of any one of the above described methods, care .'being'takn to provide in the wooden elements,

holes which completely pass through them. In order to insert in said holes blocks of wear resisting material, one or the other of the following methodscan be adopted:

the width and thickness of which are equal to those of the wooden elements of the sole to be obtained. Between each two successive wooden treads I is introduced a metal strip. 'After vulcanization between the plates of a press and removal of the metal strips, a compound plate is obtained such as that'illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7 comprising a supporting plate 6 on which are stuck wooden treads I separated by intervals 8. It is then simply necessary to cut out, according to the dotted lines 9 with a suitable tool, the soles to be obtained, as is done in a hide for leather soles.

According to another preferred method of carrying out the invention, the following operations are effected: On a plate of a composition mainly made of rubber intended to serve as support, is stuck by vulcanization under pressure or by means of a suitable solution, a sheet or board of wood having a thickness equal to that of the elements of the sole to be obtained. Once said compound plate obtained, it sumces, by means of a tool, composed for instance of a number of circular saws secured on one shaft, to cut out in the thickness of the wood parallel grooves extending through to the surface of the rubber and having a width of the order, for instance, of 1 mm. A plate similar to that illustrated in Figs. 6 and '7 is then again obtained.

By simply modifying the interval between the various circular saws, it is possible to obtain more or less wide wooden elements accordingto the .place they are to occupy on the sole to be manufactured. By the same method, afinal sole can The holes being formed in the Wooden treads or the board, rubber cylinders are forcibly inserted therein, having a diameter slightly greater I than that of the holes which allows them to. adhere to the wooden elements. This adherence to the sole is moreover increased when the support is stuck on the wooden elements, as thesupport is-then also stuck on the internal base of the cylinders.

According to another embodiment, the holes being formed in the elements, and the latter as well as the support being placed in the mould before vulcanization under the sole action of heat and pressure when said vulcanization is effected, the rubber of the support penetrates into the holes and fills them up and the wear blocks thus constituted are formed of vulcanized rubber forming an integral part of the support.

For further improving the wear resisting property of the sole, on the tread side of the wooden elements can be stuck a sheet made of a good wear resisting material, such as polyvinyl chloride.

This supplementary application can be effected at any moment of the cycle of manufacture.

The repairing of the soles obtained by any one of the above described methods can be very simply and rapidly *efiected in the following manner: All the worn wooden treads are removed and replaced by'n'ew treads of the same length and of suitable thickness which'are, either stitched by hand, or stuck and nailed.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by-Lettei's Patent is:

1. A method for manufacturing a flexible wooden sole for shoes which consists in arranging wooden elements on one face of a waterproof flexible plate adapted to be vulcanized'and simul taneously pressing and heating said plate and said elements together so as to vulcanize said plate and to stick the same on said elements.

2. A method for manufacturing a flexible wooden sole for shoes which consists in arranging wooden elements in parallel relation and at a distance from each other on one face of a waterproof flexible plate adapted to be vulcanized, placing spacing members in the spaces between said elements, simultaneously pressing and heating said plate and said elements together so as to vulcanize said plate and to stick the same on said elements removing said spacing members, and cutting out of the composite plate so obtained pieceshaving the shape of the sole to be obtained. I I

3. A method for manufacturing a flexible wooden sole for shoes which consists in arranging on one face of a waterproof flexible plate adapted to be vulcanized and having the outline of the sole to be'obtained wooden elements in parallel relation and at a distance from each other,'placing spacing members in the spaces between said elements, simultaneously pressing canized, inserting wear-resisting blocks through said perforations into engagement with said flexible plate, and simultaneously pressing and heating said elements and blocks upon said plate to thereby vulcanize the parts together.

. 5. A method for manufacturing a flexible wooden sole for shoes which consists in arranging perforated wooden elements upon one face of a vulcanizable flexible plate, compressing relatively resilient wearing blocks into said perforations and into engagement with said plate member, and simultaneously pressing and heating said elements and blocks upon said plate to there-- by vulcanize the parts together.

6. A method of manufacturing flexible wooden soles for shoes which consists in spacing perforated wooden elements upon one face of a sheet-size vulcanizable flexible plate, then .supporting said spaced elements against lateral displacement while simultaneously pressing and heating said elements and plate to cause material from said plate to melt and flow into said perforations, and then cutting sole-size pieces out of said plate and attached elements.

7. A method of manufacturing a flexible wooden sole for shoes which consists in arranging perforated wooden elements upon one face of a vulcanizable flexible plate, and then applying heat and pressure to cause material from said plate to flow into and fill said perforations, whereby wear-resisting blocks are formed integrally with said plate and within said perforations.

a. A method of manufacturing a flexible canize said plate and to stick the same on said 1 wooden sole for shoes which consists in arranging perforated wooden elements upon one face a of a vulcanizable flexible plate, and then se-' curing the proximate faces of said plate and elements together while forming wear-resisting blocks within said perforations integrally with p,

and from the material, of said plate.

9. A method for manufacturing a' flexible wooden sole for shoes which consists in arrang- I ing wooden elements in spaced relation to each other on one face of a waterproof flexible plate adapted to be vulcanized, supporting said arranged elements against lateral displacement, and simultaneously pressing and heating said plate and said elements together so as to vul-' elements.

10. A method of manufacturing flexible soles for shoes which consists in arranging'adjacent edges of substantially rectangular wearing elements in spaced relation to each other and upon one face of a sheet-size vulcanizable flexible plate, supporting said arranged elements against lateral displacement, simultaneously pressing together and heating said plate and said wearing element so as to vulcanize said plate. and to stick the same to; said elements removing said supporting means, and then cutting sole-size pieces from said plate and the attached elements.

11. A method for manufacturing flexible composite sheets from which wear plates such as shoe soles and the like may be out which consists'in arranging adjacent edges of polygonal wearing elements in spaced relation to each other and upon one face of a vulcanizable flexible plate, inserting. spacing elements in the spaces between the adjacent edges of said wearing elements,

pressing together and heating said flexible plate and wearing elements sd as to vulcanize the wearing elements to the flexible plate, and then removing said spacing elements. v

RAOUL MARCEL LAURENT ISSALY.v 

